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Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026
Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	−0.9743
Magnitude	0.963
Maximum eclipse
Duration	140 s (2 min 20 s)
Coordinates	64°42′S 86°48′E / 64.7°S 86.8°E
Max. width of band	616 km (383 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	12:13:06
References
Saros	121 (61 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9565

An annular solar eclipse will occur on Tuesday, February 17, 2026. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

On February 17, 2026, annularity will be visible over Antarctica only. However, the partial eclipse will be visible from the very southern tip of Argentina and Chile, as well in much of Southern Africa (such as in South Africa, Mozambique, and Madagascar).

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Related eclipses edit

Eclipses in 2026 edit

An annular solar eclipse on February 17.
A total lunar eclipse on March 3.
A total solar eclipse on August 12.
A partial lunar eclipse on August 28.

Solar eclipses 2026–2029 edit

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.^[1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2026 to 2029
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
Ascending node			Descending node
121	2026 February 17 Annular	−0.97427	126	2026 August 12 Total	0.89774
131	2027 February 6 Annular	−0.29515	136	2027 August 2 Total	0.14209
141	2028 January 26 Annular	0.39014	146	2028 July 22 Total	−0.60557
151	2029 January 14 Partial	1.05532	156	2029 July 11 Partial	−1.41908

Partial solar eclipses on June 12, 2029, and December 5, 2029, occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Saros 121 edit

Solar saros 121, repeating every about 18 years, 11 days, and 8 hours, contains 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 25, 944. It contains total eclipses from July 10, 1070, to October 9, 1809. It contains hybrid eclipses on October 20, 1827, and October 30, 1845. It contains annular eclipses from November 11, 1863, to February 28, 2044. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 7, 2206. The longest total eclipse occurred on June 21, 1629, with greatest duration of totality at 6 minutes and 20 seconds. The longest annular eclipse will occur on February 28, 2044, with greatest duration of annularity at 2 minutes and 27 seconds.^[2]

Series members 49–65 occur between 1801 and 2100:
49	50	51
October 9, 1809	October 20, 1827	October 30, 1845
52	53	54
November 11, 1863	November 21, 1881	December 3, 1899
55	56	57
December 14, 1917	December 25, 1935	January 5, 1954
58	59	60
January 16, 1972	January 26, 1990	February 7, 2008
61	62	63
February 17, 2026 February 28, 2044	March 11, 2062
64	65
March 21, 2080	April 1, 2098

Metonic series edit

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

21 eclipse events, progressing from south to north between July 13, 2018 and July 12, 2094
July 12–13	April 30-May 1	February 16–17	December 5–6	September 22–23
117	119	121	123	125
July 13, 2018	April 30, 2022	February 17, 2026	December 5, 2029	September 23, 2033
127	129	131	133	135
July 13, 2037	April 30, 2041	February 16, 2045	December 5, 2048	September 22, 2052
137	139	141	143	145
July 12, 2056	April 30, 2060	February 17, 2064	December 6, 2067	September 23, 2071
147	149	151	153	155
July 13, 2075	May 1, 2079	February 16, 2083	December 6, 2086	September 23, 2090
157
July 12, 2094

References edit

^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
^ Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.